15 Jun 1942
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Newspaper
Corona Daily Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1942
Page
1
Jim Jeffries will referee nine amateur bouts at the Riverside fairgrounds on July 4 at 5 p.m. The event supports the battalion’s training needs with Company C of Corona active in selling tickets. Proceeds benefit both active and reserve units. locals aim to maximize sales.
Column notes wartime dent in ranking players as top Americans skip due to service and professional turns. With five of the top ten unavailable, California players lead a field likely to be won by less famous contenders. The piece speculates the eventual winner may be unfamiliar in the broader tennis world.
American League president William Harridge fines Jimmie Dykes 250 for stalling tactics in a Boston doubleheader and rebukes him for delaying the game beyond the 6 30 p m deadline. Dykes calls the action unfair and vows to respond, while Harridge plans an audience upon Dykes’ return to Chicago. The dispute follows prior clashes between Harridge and Dykes over umpire relations and game conduct.
Lincoln reports Bobby Ginn, 120 pound Nebraska miler, wins the mile at the national AAU meet in New York, edging Leroy Weed of Southern California. Ginn and rivals MacMitchell and Weed headline a star field as Ginn prepares for New York showdown to aid army relief. Lyda upsets Kane in the half mile, promising a strong AAU title meet run.
William W Wheeler, the town’s oldest resident at 90, tends 12 beehives and manages extensive gardens as part of his daily routine. He also enjoys fishing and hunting trips for recreation.
In Columbus Ohio prisoners at the state penitentiary will produce brown plastic dog tags for Franklin County dogs under new government priorities. The change shifts from brass tags to molded plastic as a cost and security measure.
Dodgers hold a 5 percent lead as they open a 13 game home stand. Wyatt pitched a three hitter in a 4-1 win over the Reds, while the Cardinals and Giants split helps and rivals like Boston and Chicago push for position. The Yankees swept the Browns as Boston kept pace, while Cleveland and Chicago split with Philadelphia and Washington respectively.
Senator Robert M Lafollette accuses Aluminum Company of America of delaying aluminum production essential to the war effort to safeguard postwar business interests. He cites deliberate slowdowns by the giant firm in the war program.
Mrs. O. A. Burman is recovering from a bad fall last Wednesday when she slipped on her back steps and broke her arm. She is confined to bed but is now feeling better.
War Production Director Lobald M. Nelson told 100000 at a MacArthur day gathering in Chicago that while production is over the hump the nation faces severe daily life hardships. He warned of autos and homes scarce, meals reduced, travel limited to trains, and many small firms failing as people take new jobs and taxes rise.
The city issued three permits over the weekend as listed by the building department. C. A. Barrett receives a permit to construct a frame building at Sixth and Sheridan streets for about $250. Mrs. Frank Johnson gets an addition on Southeast Grand Boulevard for $450. Karl Erickson on Southeast Grand Boulevard is granted an alterations permit for $350.
Gov Culbert Olson requests urgent importation of Mexican workers to ease California's growing farm labor shortage. He sent telegrams asking federal approval for a plan where the U S Employment Service recruits workers, the federal government allocates jobs and pays prevailing wages, and returns workers to Mexico after the emergency. He cites a shortage of more than 20 600 workers and warns without Mexicans the food for victory program could suffer.
Tokyo radio admitted Japan suffered its greatest naval losses since the war began after the Midway battle and Aleutian operations. The broadcast noted the losses were not insignificant and was aired to Germany, recorded by the United Press listening post.
Frank Castro pleaded guilty in justice court to hit and run driving. Judge James Jeffrey suspended a 30 day jail term on condition Castro donate a pint of blood to the county blood bank.
In Renton Washington two men Archie Skiver 39 and Robert Stonack 20 were rescued after 56 hours trapped 500 feet underground when a coal mine slide trapped them on Friday morning. Rescue crews drilled and blasted to reach, feed and communicate with the trapped workers.
Deputy Petroleum Coordinator Ralph K Davies announced a nationwide program to organize the oil industry for synthetic rubber material. The study will gauge capacity without harming other war materials and be conducted by the petroleum industry watchdog and OPC committees. War officials expect scrap rubber collection to drop about half as reclaiming proceeds.
The Senate approved and sent to the House a conference report authorizing monthly allowances for dependents of armed service members. The bill starts at 50 dollars per month for wives without children, with higher payments for other dependents.
Stanford University establishes mandatory physical education for all acudenits under 26, requiring continuous PE throughout college with exemption only in the final quarter. A second resolution grants academic credit to students called into the armed services for six months before graduation.
The Senate Civil Liberties Committee reports that industrialized farm workers in California need wage hour and collective bargaining protections. It notes similar conditions elsewhere and urges federal state and local action to make democracy work in industrialized agriculture.
Washington reports the treasury suggesting, without firm recommendations, that excise taxes could be imposed on sugar, salt, tea, coffee, electric power, fuel gas, barber and beauty services and similar items to cover a $2 billion shortfall in the 1942 war revenue program.
Sacramento announces Democratic Secretary of State Paul Peek will run for another term rather than entering the attorney general race. He remains the lead candidate for the state office.
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